15th March 2010
The loss of the Hetherington Research Club (HRC) has been felt keenly over campus, and by the University’s graduates, but it is clear that the closure was necessary in light of the trouble in which it found itself. The outgoing members of the HRC Committee of Management (CoM) are to be commended in their efforts ...
15th March 2010
Glasgow 7-2 Abertay Markus Morrison A sun-drenched Garscube saw the Glasgow University Hockey Club (GUHC) win against the University of Abertay to secure their place in the final of the men’s Scottish Conference Cup. Strong recent showings and the lower league opposing side made Glasgow heavy favourites for the game but, as the old football ...
15th March 2010
Stuart Neville, author of critically acclaimed new crime novel The Twelve, talks to James Maxwell “I just woke up one morning with the image of a man, sitting in a bar, surrounded by all the people that he had killed,” Stuart Neville responds when I ask what inspired him to write The Twelve, his critically ...
15th March 2010
Sarah Smith Guardian has obtained minutes detailing the extent of the Hetherington Research Club’s (HRC) problems in the months before it was forced to cease trading in February. The minutes, from a meeting of the Committee of Management (CoM) on January 25, 2010, indicate that the Club had been in trouble for months before any ...
15th March 2010
Tom Bonnick As of March 8, awards season may have been over, but for all of you haters who thought that would mean idly speculative newspaper commentary also being done with for the year — ha! Think again. For what would any “significant” cultural event be without its post-game analysis, I ask you? Possibly all ...
15th March 2010
Hazmat suits, scones and a journey to Royston: Tom Bonnick joins the Glasgow University Amnesty society for a week of protest I am sitting on a train headed to Buchanan Street, where I will meet members of the Glasgow University branch of the human rights charity Amnesty International, who are going to a Shell petrol ...
15th March 2010
Anna Murray and Sarah Smith The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) elections attracted the highest turnout in five years, after more than 2000 students cast their votes online. The elections on March 3 and 4 saw seventeen students vying for the four positions on the SRC Executive and eighteen students standing for ten of the seventeen ...
15th March 2010
Craig MacLellan Mike Russell, Scottish Education Secretary, has ruled out the introduction of top-up tuition fees to Scottish universities in his first major speech on higher education since being appointed to the role. Addressing delegates at the annual NUS Scotland conference in Dunfermline, Russell acknowledged that although university funding will come under increased pressure in ...
15th March 2010
Tom Bonnick There is a lovely advert floating around on the Internet featuring Martin Scorsese, in his capacity not just as acclaimed director, but also dedicated film preservationist. He claims to have unearthed three pages of never before seen Hitchcock material, which he will endeavour to commit to film exactly as the master of suspense ...
15th March 2010
Joe Mclean Glasgow University Riding Club is having a successful, rosette-filled season, with wins in competitions for all of their teams. They have a team going to the prestigious Scottish Universities Sport (SUS) Championships, where they will be represented by their captain, Mhairi Rawluk, along with Claire Herbison and Rachel Malloch, to be held on ...
